Fitting Back Together

Digging Up the Bodies

A/N: okay so with this fic I've blended things that have come up in s11 canon with the backstory I already had made out for Magna and Yumiko in my other fics. This means that I've had to nix some things that have come up in canon. One of these is the part where Yumiko got her bachelor's at Oxford before going to Harvard. I spent a long time figuring out Yumiko's timeline when it comes to schooling and her career before s11 came out and I worked out pretty quickly that it just wouldn't be realistic that she would have been able to take on Magna's case and win it as soon as she came out of Law School, without any prior law experience. Exoneration cases are incredibly hard to win. Nine times out of ten, people don't. So I wanted her to have some prior law experience before taking on Magna's case. A couple of years at least. This means that there would have been no time for her to have gotten a bachelor's degree AND a law degree, and taken on Magna's case (which lasted two years, and then there's the year after that Magna spent out of prison) before the apocalypse hit. So as much as I like the idea of Yumiko having gone to Oxford, in my fics she's only gone to law School, and that's where she met Nicole. It's a very important aspect of her backstory and I couldn't mess with it.

Another thing that canon has conflicted with is the characterization of Yumiko's parents that I've come up with. In s11, it's implied that Yumiko's father placed a lot of pressure on them (or perhaps just Tomi) when it came to their careers. But that doesn't really line up with the characterization I already had for him. So I've messed with things a bit on that front. Mostly because I'm trying to keep this as in line with my other fics as possible - the only change being that Tomi exists in this universe. However, Tomi still had a very strained relationship with their father (and that will be expanded on later, though possibly not in this fic but a sequel oneshot that I'm working on)

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[trigger warning: implied domestic abuse, reference to substance abuse (Tomi), OCD]

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Tomi watched Magna's retreat, looking even less happy about it than Yumiko.

"Another chance - wasted." He sighed dramatically, before glancing over at her. "You do love to squander your opportunities, don't you?"

She turned around, gripping his arm. "I am going to murder you tomorrow when you're sober enough to remember it."

"I don't think anyone can remember being murdered. Sober or not."

"Don't push me."

"Are you sure? I have the feeling witnessing you all fired up is one of your wife's turn-ons. Might help with your relationship troubles."

Inwardly, Yumiko groaned.

More at the fact that he was right than anything else. At least on the first count.

She wasn't sure anything could help with her and Magna's relationship troubles at this point.

"Would you stop it already?"

"No. Seeing you like this is far too amusing. I can't say I don't get some pleasure out of the fact that for once you're the one whose life is a mess."

Yumiko turned her head in disbelief. "Are you serious? My entire life has been a mess."

With the world ending being just the perfect little cherry on top.

"Oh, but none of that was your fault," he waved her protest aside, "This at least, you had some hand in. Usually, I'm the one acting like an idiot. Screwing things up. Falling short. This is a rare opportunity."

Yumiko didn't know which point to argue first.

Though the idiot comment certainly rankled at her pride the most. "You're impossible."